Attrs would not replace your record array. IIRC you can supply slots so it might be useful for converting raw data into your numpy types, but I suspect you'd fi

Attrs would not replace your record array. IIRC you can supply slots so it might be useful for converting raw data into your numpy types, but I suspect you'd find the overhead in function calls problematic If you want easier than recarray and almost as fast I think you're in pandas-ville